The Australian’s Judith Sloan last week attacked the “shoddy” economic arguments used by those who favour large immigration numbers and open-border policies. The canards identified by Sloan include the following: Recent high figures of net overseas migration (long-term arrivals minus long-term departures) are merely a catchup from the pause caused by Covid. The overall trend
In the wake of the recent assassination of American conservative commentator Charlie Kirk at an event at Utah Valley University, there has been a renewed drive for greater levels of gun control in the United States. Historically, the push for greater gun control in the U.S. has been accompanied by commentary that America should follow
Green groups have attacked the planned mass rollout of “biodiversity-destroying” wind turbines across regional Australia. Veteran conservationist and former federal Greens leader Christine Milne told The Australian that peak environmental non-government organisations were too “frightened” to oppose renewables projects: “I find it incomprehensible that you get this line back (from NGOs) that you can’t oppose
When the latest polling from Resolve was published by the Sydney Morning Herald and the other Nine Entertainment papers, it revealed that the One Nation primary vote was polling at a record high of 12%, overtaking the Greens as the third largest primary vote. While this is just one poll, a broader long-term analysis of
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According to Domain, Australian home values are soaring at the lower end of the market, putting immense strain on affordability for first home buyers. Domain data shows that property prices in the bottom quarter of the market have increased faster than the top quarter during the last three years in most capital cities. “What it
The Tasmanian government has announced plans to “reform” Tasmanian local government by slashing the number of councillors across the state. The government has put up a discussion paper on the topic, but in short it would reduce the number of elected officials on councils to five, seven or nine members. Across the state, this would remove almost 23% of all councillor positions.
The unnerving alliance between Big Tech and the second Trump administration goes much deeper than many in the public realize. What factors are motivating President Trump and Silicon Valley’s monumental investments in “artificial intelligence” infrastructure and the expanded integration of “AI” into military and governmental operating systems?
From the Market Ear: AIQ at the most overbought levels since July 2024…just before markets crashed. The tech buy in Last week’s “notional net buying in global Info Tech was the largest in seven months and ranks in the 99th percentile on a 5-year lookback”. Soon enough… Everybody has been waiting for weak September… but
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In the years since pandemic-driven stimulus and ‘revenge spending’ began to feed out of the economy in the September quarter of 2022, Australia’s economy has, in headline terms, continued to grow decently enough. It’s hardly been stellar, with the economy achieving cumulative growth of just 4.63% since the June quarter of 2022, but the ‘Lucky
A former Israel Defence Forces chief of staff says more than over 10% of Gaza’s population of approximately 2.2 million was killed or injured since October 2023.
China’s recent display of its newly acquired military might surprised not only international observers, but also its own seasoned diplomats.